Online Conference: Current Challenges and Future Prospects of Land Use and Management in Italy

The online conference “Current Challenges and Future Prospects of Land Use and Management in Italy" is organized as part of the Horizon Europe project “EUROPE-LAND: Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe” funded by the European Commission. The project focuses on integrating the natural and social sciences to identify, develop, test, and implement integrated tools to improve understanding of the factors underlying land-use decisions and stakeholder awareness and engagement regarding climate change and biodiversity challenges.

The Department of Management organizes the online conference as a project partner. It is held on October 30, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Teams platform.

It is held in Italian and aims to investigate current and future challenges related to sustainable land use, focusing on the impact of climate change and biodiversity protection. Specifically:

• Deepen understanding of the main challenges related to sustainable land use in Italy, particularly climate change and biodiversity.
• Explore recent changes in land use/cover and their determinants.
• Assess the impact of existing policies on land use decisions and their role in promoting climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation.
• Develop visions for future land use trends for 2030 or 2050.
• Engage stakeholders in sharing experiences and perspectives to develop future land-use management visions.

Organizing Committee:

Prof. Angelo Paletta (Full Professor - Director Department of Management)

Prof. Elisabetta Carfagna (Full Professor of Statistics)

Prof. Eleonora Monaco (Associate Professor of Management)

Prof. Genc Alimehmeti (Associate Professor of Management)

Dr. Pietro Macedoni (PhD candidate in Statistics)

Program - October 30, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

10:00 Online registration - deadline for online conference registration

10:10 - 10:25: Conference opening and a brief presentation of the EUROPE-LAND project - Prof. Angelo Paletta and Prof. Elisabetta Carfagna (University of Bologna).

10:25 - 10:55: Research and Innovation for soil preservation and regeneration - Dr. Giovanni Gioia (President - Giovani Confagricoltura) Dr. Guido Zama (Director - Confagricoltura Emilia-Romagna).

10:55 - 11:10: Sustainable land use: the contribution of young agricultural entrepreneurs - Dr. Enrico Calentini (President - AGIA-CIA - Association of Young Agricultural Entrepreneurs).

11:10 - 11:30: Integration of administrative geodata on agricultural land use to support hydrological modeling - Dr. Flavio Lupia (Research Director - CREA - Council for Research in Agriculture and Analysis of Agricultural Economics).

11:30 - 11:45: Agricultural land consumption - Dr. Stefano Leporati (Coldiretti Giovani Impresa National Secretary).

11:45 - 12:00: Coffee break

12:00 - 12:20: Satellite monitoring and the national soil map - Dr. Francesco Sofia (Director of Digital Transformation Directorate - AGEA)

12:20- 12:45: CAP and soil protection - Dr. Giuseppe Blasi (Head of Department for European and International Policies and Rural Development - MASAF - Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry)

12:45 - 13:00: General discussion and closure of the conference

Participation is free, subject to registration, by filling out the following  FORM.

For more information, Genc Alimehmeti - genc.alimehmeti@unibo.it